When you delete a service application, you have the option of also deleting the service application database. Some service applications do not have databases). If you plan to create the service application again in the future, do not delete the service application database. If the service application is temporary, you will most likely want to delete the database during this operation.

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Verify that the user account that is performing this procedure is a member of the Farm Administrators SharePoint group.

On the SharePoint Central Administration website, click Application Management, and then click Manage service applications.

On the Manage Service Applications page, click the row that contains the service application that you want to delete. The ribbon becomes available.

On the ribbon, click Delete.

In the confirmation dialog box, select the check box next to Delete data associated with the Service Applications if you want to delete the service application database. If you want to retain the database, leave this check box cleared.

Click OK to delete the service application, or click Cancel to stop the operation.

To delete a service application by using Windows PowerShell

Verify that you meet the following minimum requirements:

You must have membership in the securityadmin fixed server role on the SQL Server instance

You must have membership in the db_owner fixed database role on all databases that are to be updated.

You must be a member of the Administrators group on the server on which you are running the Windows PowerShell cmdlet.

Note:

If these permissions are not satisfied, contact your Setup administrator or SQL Server administrator to request these permissions.

Where <Service application display name> is the display name of the service application that you want to delete.

The service application information will be stored in the $spapp variable.

Important:

You have to type the display name within quotation marks, and you have to type the exact service application display name. This includes capitalization. We recommend that you do not create multiple service applications that have the same display name. If you do have this situation, you can use the Get-SPServiceApplication cmdlet to list all service applications. You can then use the service application GUID and the –Identity parameter to specify the service application that you want to delete. For more information, see Get-SPServiceApplication.

To delete the selected service application, run either of the following commands. In both cases, you are prompted to confirm the deletion.

To delete the selected service application without removing the service application database, type the following command:

In this example, the service application “Contoso BDC Service” information is stored in the $spapp variable. After the action is confirmed, the service application and its database are permanently deleted.